The three-story house, which is located is located in the 1100 block of North Park just south of Norway Avenue, had heavy smoke billowing from it when Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to the fire just after 7 p.m., Lt. Lance Handlogten said.

Handlogten said there was fire in the house’s basement and on the first and second floors when officers got on scene and “a lot of smoke and heat.”

Handlogten said the house was heavily damaged by the fire. No injuries were reported.

Neighbors told officers the house was under renovation and no one was living in the house, the lieutenant said. It took Public Safety officers about 45 minutes to bring the flames under control.

Handlogten said the fire is suspicious and City Fire Marshal Jim Williams was responding to the scene to investigate.

On Tuesday, a house that Public Safety investigators said was suspicious damaged a vacant house in the 600 block of Ada Street. The scene of that fire is about a half mile from the house fire on North Park.

Four fire trucks and about a dozen Public Safety cruisers responded to the fire and officers shut down North Park at Frank Street.

Rex Hall Jr. is a public safety reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. You can reach him at rhall2@mlive.com. Follow him on Twitter.